TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluating optimal multi-hub networks in a deregulated aviation market with an application to Western Europe
AU - Adler, Nicole
AU - Berechman, Joseph
PY - 2001/6
Y1 - 2001/6
N2 - This paper develops, evaluates and ultimately aids in the choosing of an optimal, single allocation, hub-and-spoke network for an airline working in a deregulated market. An integer linear program evaluates potential hub network combinations, whose profits are then determined using a non-linear mathematical program. International gateway airports and regional hubs, profit, frequency and aircraft size are the decision variables. An adapted, conjugate-gradient projection algorithm is developed and the models are subsequently applied to Western Europe.
AB - This paper develops, evaluates and ultimately aids in the choosing of an optimal, single allocation, hub-and-spoke network for an airline working in a deregulated market. An integer linear program evaluates potential hub network combinations, whose profits are then determined using a non-linear mathematical program. International gateway airports and regional hubs, profit, frequency and aircraft size are the decision variables. An adapted, conjugate-gradient projection algorithm is developed and the models are subsequently applied to Western Europe.
KW - Air transportation
KW - Hub-and-spoke networks
KW - Mathematical programming
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0035370568&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S0965-8564(99)00063-4
DO - 10.1016/S0965-8564(99)00063-4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0035370568
SN - 0965-8564
VL - 35
SP - 373
EP - 390
JO - Transportation Research, Part A: Policy and Practice
JF - Transportation Research, Part A: Policy and Practice
IS - 5
ER -
